Microbes mediated plastic degradation: A sustainable approach for environmental sustainability
Harpreet Kour1, Sofia Shareif Khan2, Divjot Kour3, Shafaq Rasool2, Yash Pal Sharma1, Pankaj Kumar Rai4, Sangram Singh5, Kundan Kumar Chaubey6, Ashutosh Kumar Rai7, Ajar Nath Yadav8
1Department of Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu, India.
2Department of Biotechnology, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
3Department of Microbiology, Akal College of Basic Sciences, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmaur, India.
4Department of Biotechnology, Invertis University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.
5Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
6Division of Research and Innovation, School of Applied and Life Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Premnagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
7Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
8Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmaur, India.
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Published: Nov 29, 2022
DOI: 10.7324/JABB.2023.110515In a little over a century, plastic has gone from being addressed as a scientific marvel to being reviled as an ecological scourge. Development and modernization have brought about a colossal swell in global plastic fabrication and consumption, due to its immense applications, versatility, and relatively paltry cost. The main bottleneck lies in its disposal. They tend to endure in the environment for an implausibly long time and thus traverse from one habitat to another and then get incorporated into the food chain, posing ignoramus risks for communities, ecosystems, and the planet. Indiscriminate disposal of plastic waste at startling rates has driven a search for an all-inclusive, proficient, and sustainable remediation research work looking for a practical alternative to manage, process, and dispose of plastic debris. Albeit, there are several processes such as incineration, landfilling, and recycling available but are unsustainable, costly, and have serious repercussions on the environment, wildlife, marine, and human health. Thus, the contemporary focus has been highlighted on the need for substitutes such as biodegradable plastics and surrogate disposal approaches, namely, the potential of microbes to degrade synthetic plastics with no inimical impact. In this regard, bacteria and fungi have been shown to ingurgitate these polymers and metamorphose them into environmentally friendly carbon compounds. The present review covers the types of plastics, their applications, and plastic degradation with more weight on the multifaceted roles played by microorganisms, their modus operandi, and probable enzymatic mechanisms.
Kour H, Khan SS, Kour D, Rasool S, Sharma YP, Rai PK, Singh S, Chaubey KK, Rai AK, Yadav AN. Microbes mediated plastic degradation: A sustainable approach for environmental sustainability. J App Biol Biotech. 2022. https://doi.org/10.7324/JABB.2023.110515
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